What happened on Sept. 24

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

0768 Pippin (or Pepin) III, the short, King of France, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1493 - Columbus' 2nd expedition to New World
1621 First newspaper in England debuts on this day in history.
1789 - US Congress creates Post Office
1789 - US Attorney General Office is created
1845 The first baseball team is organized on this day in history.
1852 A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated on this day in history.
1852 A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated on this day in history.
1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Red Circle" (BG)
1954 On this day in history tonight Show premiers on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later)